Western Carolinian

              i mk w 4stkh1x caromn i a n . tin i'owitits mir imi.iioa iiiii to i'll i'm'lil statbi bv thk constitutiox mil puoiiibitto v ir lo rm statks am rbsrrven ro nn statb8 uini'i.ei'ivi.i.y ou ro thk pboplb a mi nit ment s to thc cuiintiliiiiiiti article x by joseph w hampton | salisbury (\. ('.) march 30 183 xo xlji of vol xviii ni iiiiii nmnummgmbrymmmmitmbmmohiusmmnmmim n ew ter ms tf.hmi ol ri'lll.k'ation j i 1 pi western carolinian is published everv i'm ' n t two dollars per annum if paid in advance '„ •| ! w o dollart and pift conts ifnot paid before the ■ ,, , thr t nhts ■,,, papi r will be discontinued until all arrearages : ' .!. i unless ut the discretion of the kditor , ind a j n . to notify the fid tor ofa wish to discontinue it the end ol a year will he coin lered as a new en i terms of advertising ilvfrtiecinents will he conspicuously nmi correctly i r ted at one dollar per square lor the firsl insertion , . :, for each i • iitinn nice courl and judicial nts will he charged 2 per cenl more than i ,'.,'. ,,:■.«.' prices a deduction of 3j per cent from ; r prices will bo made t yearly advertisers j to ooitltf.seon dents fn i i prompt attention to letters addriwaed to , thn postage 9honlri in all cases be paid the catawba 8.nunq /■ z-z^^z'^h'f-z - j -. : : jj-*i '. - .!-■ ' 1 ' j^.'jjj-i i j '"■"'■-, ■ fji i-7j:*\?tiz;lw^h^zj'2 i i t j±;zmi<?^z??m '.."." *. sim.'^ae v 7 j 1?&zw : ■ - ' ■ *' s £ sj*e j^,j*2$$£1 ■ '■'.•-■. :-. z l-&-*f&**i sto 1 ' -■- •'■' im i rpl'.i proprietor oftliis establishmenl gives na 1 nr thnt in is repairing uud fitting ,, up at coiwiderable expense and in u superior stylo and , |, h va it ready for the reception of company bj .,;-,:. ,,| m,i v i it is situated on the great east ,,',, nm | western line of stages from sali-hurv via ninl m to aabville c : fl ttage jtaani ig there mrn day i'i the trick but onr i'he oouotn , j..j!il i_i broken and proverbially healthy and be ides lie mineral propertios of the waters there in many inducements to turn the uttewli'mi of in j m!i,lsaiid others townr.li this phi e its proxi.iii | lv to the lower country the chaapoeas of living toe excellence of the neighboring society the , bundancc of game lilt rich fiel ! nff.rded lo sci ] „. xt es eciallv t mineralogy and botany are ... . ,, l0 be overlooked hy the travelling world | b,u ii is in ihe tiiiu'ivis aunlitlen ulllie , murines that the gtoat attraction t 1 ksbiierated lists of cures tu present lo the public 5 ; _.. , wi i-.uet nosaessiou nor wnuld he deem lor he li:i n i m 1,,k " ss , it » eomnhmeut either tothe good tuste nr sagaci llnftro public to present such if he had them | l;,,'l is the assurance of some ofthe mosl set enhfic physicians and chemiath to tl.e rare and nlanhlc properties of ihese springs in l'-l professor olmsted now of yale college made a net analysis of this writer and pronounces its foreign ingredients to be sulphuretted hydrogen sulphate oj lime sulphate of magnesia muriate of lime v ,, r b more extended statement see his eolo.gl c report of north carolina nuthor.zed by acl - i^inblv imges 129-so space will no per mto add the veil flattering remarks ol this gen 1 ' . , ,' .,, il -,, ,.- minted with lie an one a nu in ', i ' • - - ■• help perceiving the peculiar lapla • „ ' " mineral to the disorders that most prevail ntheri ulh .... , , the i'mpnstor can only superadd i is deter mm ,,:,,„ - eet patronage bj an unflmoh.ng alien ,, wishes ami comlorl ol i ««■ , em t , ■ s r now ami will be i . uu , ear ipcnfoi llmnc md " '" :'" : e „; • : jos vv hampton march 10 1 -:'•<<. i i ,.,,,.:. i courier columbia i imm , ! j r . , % . \ i-rtisl , < jonstitutioii ili .' .';'.,„-.': rxuniibli llepublican nnd nnl is i nuirer will ii -■' ' '« " ;'.'" ", ... |, . und sctul accounts lo catnwbn temperauce notice cnbnrrus county temperance . u ' ciefi , iuld ■■ meeting at sl j..h . r f - ->■ ■■ , u ms(i on good friday tho 13.1 of april i all t os and fri ndanrn respeetfull re . ted lo attend on llml accasi n jas vi morrison sec h , 2m t<:h ; " fa strayed gf ifrom lhe subscriber living in ca i t i w county 0 miles oast o '■ :,', s lay the lhih instant a grey mare . ami upwards high 0 or 7 years old i . ,,„.,,,,„„.„„, pare or rack w 1 1 ', ml . and a w hit 6 mark on one ol her for ahuvo the hoof i procured said mare c ' i iiaiil hielick in rowan county and i -•- , reasonable reword to any pers 1-1 verm : m me or who will givo information to hal , „ , llm . john g hartshll i .,. i 33 1838 i " ''' pijilaueu'hi \ meeting \ i , , i,,r te meeting of thecitiwntof fhilndn - held on monday last ;.; wliich icsolutiori . favorablo to lhe sub-treasury bill wei wo are inld ihal , ver political oconi |„ i - n l iv m 1 1 in bill nd unit - hint n ■ ; i-ii r-i ' i • ii ,,■. in pri *■•■ .' i ii i i .,", ,/ ' , sr»__t«_n»»aa_w.s«m_»«a«__a_»m«»ai___ii»>-i»»«kn_niw«i ii—a it i:tu c^i?3ffi , *' f ' r ' • x 1{,:,,|:ss " ml 111 vkr bbma1ns inni ml new england new england ! dear new england ! my birth-pluca proud and free a tr.iilor's curse be uu mv head when i am false to ihee while rolls tho bright connecticut in sdver to the sea while old uachuselt rears its head 1 will remember thee '. i!v every teei.llec'u n dear ity friendship's h.llowed lie by scenes engraven on the heart by love thai cannot die and hy the sweet — the larewell kiss of dean bl liosaho now kiigland — dear new england i w ill remember thee : i may not climb thy misty lulls al purple ni or morn nor bind among the laughing girls tl.e yelluw sheaves ol corn 1 may nol tread iiie ciaga lhat bear 1 he thunder of the sea but by ihe bright autumnal sky i w 11 remember thee ! though in the far and sunny south the eyes of hue may shine and music at tho revel charm ami beauty pour the wine i will not listi n to tl.e horp nor join the revelry but in the fountain plunge my cup and drink a health to ihee ! and when from weary wanderings at length i hasten back how bhthly will i tread again the old familiar truck and if my rosalie he true and false she cannot be new england in thy mountain streams i'll drink again to thee i'ii in tm tiria.tee itirimr the use of lime inthe cultivation of wheat — there s no fact connected with agriculture more incontrovertibly proved than that lha presence of lime in the soil is iii.lis|k>nsaue to the production ol wheat dr mitchell one of the ablest obser vers and writers this country has yet seen appears to have been one of lhe first to call the attention uf formers to this l'uct nml attempted nn explana tion of the reasons winch led tosuch a result in the meanliino those self taught philosophers the germans of pennsylvania had t experience dis c„v 1 its value unci adopted its use in preparing lheir soils for the produpticn of this staple crop i-l v re thus enabled to keep up the fertility ol theii farms nnd lheir productiveness for wheat while the dutch and english formers in tl.e once rich v illies of new york and on the banks of the mohawk and scoharic found their farms growing worthless for wheat and have long been com pi | 1 nearly tn abandon us cultivation in new england tho reaull was the same only ihe exhaus tion was - oner performed ns the stock of cnlcare ms mailer iu the earth being much smaller arid . ,,„. effect ol lho alkaline substances produced in clearing lhe laud ol the animal matter existing in the anil was i i quickly dissipated art is he rinniii to restore to the earth tne lime winch in some places was deficient by nature or had been exhaust 1 hv iuju licious farming and ferlility and t u capability of raising « heal is renin ing to those lections where foi years the power ims been un the method in which lime performs lhe effect which it is uudcnmblu may beuttribuled to it does ,,,, yet appear to fully understood wore not its ,-;,-', icv as in the case of gypsum owing losonie .-.,,. ni ■• tl rather than mechanical cauae it would .. ,',",, irdlj possible that so small n quantity ns is sometimes used « id produce so immediate a re s ilt or w here larger portions are applied that the lieuufits should bo so permanent ii nilrm from cullitalion — thei • is scarcer . ,,'.,,. me w ii w w cultivate lhat <■ •■ be .-,,..',", nniurallv buffi.n haa staled thai , , ,, i s : , factitious production raised lo iti , condition by lho art of agriculture bye ,,,,. ,. lliv or v ints me nol lo be found wild ,! mm s to sav growing nnlurall hi any part oi tin ,:„,,„, bu , |, av0 e r , altered by lhe in try o mankind from plants nol now resembling ihem |" v eni„auchttdegreoasnottoenableustorecog - nise their relations t ind and ihsagreeabl „,,„„„ „,,„,,, lens has lieen . , utislerred lllt.1 dell el relerv aud the cl worth a plant ol cant leaves not weighing altogether half at ounce zirlso ] n;,bei n n«on.y.l hryo of • fc w buds which in lheir naturu mate would n f have weighed as many grains th prt-io u • : whose mtrodue a ndded many million ta ou population derives its .".«•.. rom as 11 ■ root which grows wild in chili and monte vide 8 english paper 11 i un for the tromitl.i of c,ittu:--v\i mosl bj - cravated wounds of domestic i nals are easil 1 ,"., r eil with b portion of , he yolk of eggs imxed pi.ii of turpentit i l-'lorendh ; ' the p„rt affected must be batlwd several t,m » wml hi mixlt.ro end day when "■ perfoclcu will bo ellucted in 48 hours farmer and ba \- l,n r ._ !* the stale of pennsylvania has disbursed for ll . construe , of tonal and rail-rond twer . „ ilion.v , hundred and twamt -...■- ih ■■'-■' z d liars i ilm m ; r tl * ■>■ br'rtul ,, | . , ,, i.t . i tne ■- • mlst:i:i.i,.\m:o s from " the utockmaker ur the saytngt nml dotngx o sain hlieh si8teh sall'd coullti*hlp there goes one of them ure everlustiiig rotten poles in lhat bridge thev tin uo belter i hall u liup li.r a criller's leg said the t lockinuker 1 bey remind me of a trap inn muuroo put ins loot in one night ihut near ul.oul made one leo half a ya.d longer ihun tother 1 behove 1 told yuu of hun what a desperate idle leiler he was — he come from diiioii county in connecticut well he was court iii sister sail she was n real liaiudsiiiii looking gall you scarce eve seed u mote out und oui complete critter than she wus — u line liguie head uud u beiitililul model ol u crtiftus any in the state a i el clipper and as full ui lun o ii j frolic as u kit ten well ho lun ly turned sail's head ; tiie more wc wanted her to give him up lhe more she wouldn't and we got plaguy oueusy about it lor ins character was none ol the best ue was a uni versal luvoritu wilh thc gulls uud tbo be didn't boh ni very prellv neither forgetting to marry where be promised and where he hand'l o..e|,t t forget too yel so it was he bud such nu uncom mon wuiniii way with huu he ouuld talk them ovel in no tune — sail was hurls bewitched l lusl father said to him one evening when he came a courtin jim says he you'll never come ic no good ifyou uct like old scratch as you do ; you unit tit to come into no decent man's house al all and your absence would bo ten times more agree able than your company 1 leli you 1 won't con sent to mill's going to them ure buskin parties and qui tin frolics along wilh you no more on no ac count lor you kaow how now don't suys be now don't uncle san ; say no more about that ifyou know'd u,l you wouldn't suy it was my fault aud besides i huve turned right about i am ou tother luck now uud the long leg too ; i am stea dy us a pump hill now 1 intend to settle my sell and take a larm yes yes suys father but il won't do i knew your tuther he wus our ser geant a proper clever and brave man he was too lie was one ofthe heroes ofour glorious revolution 1 had a great respect for luin and i am sorry lor ins sake you will uct hs you do but 1 tell you once for all you must give up nil hopes of ball now and for everiastin whetobttll heard tins she began to nit away like mad in a desperate hurry — she looked foolish enough unit's u tact first slu tned to bite her breath and look as it there was no thing particular in the wind then she blushed all over like scarlet lever but she recovered that pret ty soon end then her colour went and came unci came and went till al last she grew us white as chalk and down she fell slap oil her seal on the tl.,.,r iu a lun no tii 1 s.-e says fail i »— ■ ■' now you eternal villion and he made a pull at the old i'nshioliod word that altirnys ,.,...* "><' tht tire place we used to call it old bunker tor hll riuj i.i.v..ys begun when 1 was ut hunker hill and drawing it out he made u clip ut bin us wicked as if he waa stabbing a rat with a inn lurk ; but jun he outs uf the door like a siiol an draws it too arter him and father sends old bunk er right through the panel i'll chop you up a line aa mince meat you villain says he il ever calob you inside my door again ; mind what i le vou : y,)i/7 ming fur it yet well he mud himself considerable scarce arter that ho neve set foot inside the door agin and i thought he ha giv'n up all hopes of sail and she of hun ; whe one itigbt b most particular uncommon dark nigh as i was a comm home from neighbor dearborn 1 heard some one a tulkin under sail's window well i stops and listens und who should be nee lhe ash saplin but jun munroe a try lo persuu.l sail to rim oil with him to rhode aland in be ma ned it was all settled he should come wilh horse and shay lo the gate and then help her 01 ofthe window jist at nine o'clock about the tin she commoiilv wen to bed then he axes her i reach down her hand for bim to kiss (, r llq wi proper clever ut soft sawder and bbe stretches down ond he kisses it and he says 1 beleive must have the whole of you out arter all and giv her a jirk lhat kinder startled her ; it came so su den like it made her scream so ll be sot hot foi nnd oyer lhe gate in „" tune well 1 cyphered over tm all night a ealculal how j could leqipmcuie the tri k wilh him and | b8 t | hit on n i liema i recollected father's wor .,, purun u mind what i tell you you'll wing j 1 lltjet and thinks i frienj jim i'll make tii ' prophecy come true yot 1 guess bo lhe ic ' night jist al dark i give january boow the ' nigger a nidge with my elbow and as sou as ' o"k up 1 winks and walks nl and he artor me nays i january can vou keep your lougue will ' your teeth you old nigger y ' why mass w ' yuu axe that are question i ,„> goodnesa you lhi '' old snow he don't know lhat are set my long i ,| plenty room now debil a tooth i'll he c > streleh out ever so fur like a little leg ill ill '' bed he lay quiet enougb massa neber lear w s then sins i bend down thai lire ash saplin soft '' you old snowball and make no noise the sa|i : ' !",_.;,., ,„, sooner bent than secured to tbe ground ma notched pug and a se and a slip knot v '• uspended irom tl.e tree just over the track i ir led from the pathway to the bouse w hy mj ck r massa that's a . hold your mug you old . '' nor saysi or i'll s.nd your tongue a search arter your teeth i keep quiet and loll ne to | enlly • e well st us il struck nine o'clock says i sn •; hold ibis be e bank of twine lor a minute i wind i mil "„ t"h that's idea cite m s„t,l„vv her candle and i pul lhe twine on * hands and ihen i begins to wind and wind m .' yer so slow and drops the ball very now '' ,!„,,, s as 10 keep ber down stairs sum i , hc | do behove y von'l wind thai are twin 1)e sl nigh do give it to january iw«j jj o lo "■,, i'm een roost dead asleep llu i • , " . i ,„,.„ i wud i it w ' lid ntm is -" plag ons.eauy 1 h lllll i „> sui i iii hi ill uu :, , didn't 3 w ""'"'"^ , ., , any she ihey alwn the window nt night but sho looked scaredenuugh nnd ays sl . i vow i'm tired u holding out oi m ( aims this way and i otit do it any longer and uowu s i tin d the h.-uik on the hour well sa i stop one mn utc ileur till i lend old janua ry out io bee if any hoj is there perhaps some o ! neighbor oearborn's value have broke into thu l suite gdtcten january went out tho sail said it ! was no ime for i he knew iho noise ol the geese they always kepi close to the house at nignt for 1 1 tear ol the varmin presently in runs old snow willi bia hair standing uputl eend nnd the whites : of ins om's lookin ns big as the rims of a soup plate oh i mns.sii inassa said he oh massa oh miss sul ly oh what on urth is the mailer with you ? sanl sally how you frighten me i vow i believe you're mad — oh goodness snid he oh i massa jim monroe he hang himsell on the ush saplin under ' miss sally's window — oh mj do^s ! !! that shot was a settler u struck poor wall righl ntwixt wind , und wuier she gave a lurch ahead then healed . over and sunk rigbi down in another tanitiii fit ; uud juno snow's wile carried her oil and laid her down un ihe bed — poor tiling sho lelt ugly enough i do suppose , h ell lamer i thought he'd a fuiiited loo he wus so struck up ull ofa heap he was completely hung fuugered ; dear dear said he 1 tho't il wouldn't come to pass so soon hut 1 knew il would come i foretold ii said he the last time 1 seed him ; jim : says i mind what 1 say you'll nu-intf fur it yet ! give me lhe sword 1 wore when 1 wasal hunker's mill may he tliere is life yet i'll cut him down the lantern was soou made ready and out we went to the ash saplin cut me down sam that's a good i li»l low s.nd j in all the blood in my body has swashed into my hi ad anil's a i union onto my . nose i'm ecu a most smothered — bc quick for hea , ven's sake the lord be praised said father the ! poor sinner is not quite dead yet why as i'm alive — well if that don't beat all nutur why he has hanged himself by one leg and s a swing u like a luhbit upside down that's fact why il he aint snared sam ; he is properly wired 1 declare — i vow this is some o your doings sam — well it was u clever scheme too bul a little grain too danger ous i guess don't stand statin and jawin there [ all night snid jim cut me bown i tell you — or cut : my throat and be c d to you for 1 am clioak iii with blood koll over lhat are hogshead old [ snow said i till 1 gel atop on it and cut him _ down ; oo 1 soon released him but he couldn't walk a int his ancle was swelled und sprained like vengeance and he swore one leg was near about i six inches linger than the other jim munroe savs father little did 1 think i should ever see you i inside mv door agin but 1 bid you enter noyy we owe y,u that kindness any how u ell lo make a lon<r story short jim was so chap fallen nod so n»wh "' " u moutn.ne neggeo lor lie.ivwn's sake it might be kept a secret be said i he would run the state if ever it got wind ho was suie in couldn't stand it it will be one while i guess said lather afore your are able to run or sluld inner but if you will give me your bund , jim and promise io give over your evil ways 1 a i will not only keep it secret hut you shall be a welcome guest at old sam slick's once more lor lhe i sake of your father he was a brave man one ol j lhc heroes of bunker's uill he was oui sergeant i un d lie promised says i father lor the ' old man hud slruch his right toot out the way be aiways stood when he told about the old wur ; aim j us jim couldn't slir a peg it was a grand chance and he was going to give nim the whole revolulioi from general liege up to independence he pro , mises says 1 father well it was ull set lied un things soon grew us culm as a pun of in ik tw duys old and afore a year was over jim was ai i steady u goin man as minister joshua hopewell and wus married to our sail nothing was eve ' said about lhe si no t,li trior lhe wnddlli who '[ tne minister had limshed axill a blessin lather goe j . up to jim and says lie,jini munroe my boy givn "' in ii a ion ii slap on the shoulder that sol huu i coughin for lbe mutter oftivu minutes for ho wu ''", a int.it i powerful man was faitiur jim mm roo j my boy says ho you've got lhe snare round you neck i in ss now instead uf your leg \\ e hud a 111 sl spi . nil lio.e ol il you may dc '.' pond all except thu minister lather got bun int ' i a corner und gave huu coupler and yorse of th | wh le v.ul i-.erv now and tlloll lis i came lieu !" | them i hcajdbunkei'a uill urandywme cluitoi 1 na -, ai : so ou it was broad day when wepai •' . led und the lis ihul wonl wu poor minister 1 il.er followed inn clean down tothe gate and say v he minister v hadu'i lime ilus hitch or i'd i , told you about the evakijation ol n ifork i i i'll till you lhat thu ubxi lime we meet im1 a s.\_\ki story hv a curious fact 10 natural history was relate nk some nu since by dr anseini professor of nt uo llural ilistoiv at lurin a snake called in ltal : n serpo ncrva iho coluber natnvof liniifbus tllg well known lo he i miemely fond of mi.k and tl ell italian peasantry prol nd lhat t makes ts way i ly to lanes u era ly us niel mil on they even u ilm soil that it t sometimes entwined round the le b ol cow drawing mi.k from iheir teats * va's ihis facl ur anseini luo self had uu oppoiluin hai once of being an eye witness llu says ins wall .^, as usual one morning on the roi ng called lhe park bordered by pasture containing ing great n berof sheep and horned cattle i obst re ved im old oui vigorous cow seperate from i others d looking with her head raised in i || v air her ears elect and shaking her tall bl ■ 111 prised at the noise she made 1 seated mytell she the bank of b slream and followed her with i v evos who eve she went after running fortoi ,--,', minutes she suddenly stopped in a sequested sp .,',, | began to ruminate inquisitive to discoi „"" e cause i went to the place after going ., '•„ „ pond to brink she came out and waited on i , " brufor a black snake wi„,l erepl rrom am ,,.,.-. he bushes and approncl : her ei.iw.nod hun ,„„ ro ber legs and began lo suck htr milk „ in ohs i»e,l ilus phe ii wu sucee-l.e lltl 7 ,. without informing ibe herdsman i ho third i ,„ ,.. i jni'ur i himoj il ; and lie t»ld ine hw i*3&&'^j™™**imimmmmmmcvrmsmbwrtmmb^mmm^m^m lime lho cow kicked at the approach of her ctilf and hate ho could not without fliculty be com pelled to suiter it to suck we took away lhe snake which we killed on lho succeeding duv iho cow idler waiting for ihe suckling ran uhoiit the meadow in such a manner uiut the herdsm.ui , was obliged to shut her up i short nut stoeet i can't spenk in public nev er done such u thing in ull my life said a chap the othor night ul a public meeting who hud been call i ed upon to hold forth but it anv body in tho crow will speak for me i'll huld hit hat i two travelers being robbed in a wood and lie to trees some distance from each other oneofthein exclaimed indespuir.'oh i'm undone !' ' are you said the other then 1 wish you would come'and undo me a methodist preacher one day was conversinw with an old lady when he suid no person on this earth lias ever committed a crime but it wasfoumi out before they died to which the old lady ve ry knowing replied : ah sir 1 knows belter dan dat vor i've sloled a hog 20 years ago from mine nabor and nobody nose it yet — dare now your ar gument cuint doo either way will do — " will you have me eli za v snid a young man lo a modest girl " no john snid she " bul you may have me if vou will the papers have so long amused themselves with notices of tall men that bipeds of thnt class ure pretty much used up next comes the short ones we huve heard of a man so short that he could'nt reach high enough to button his own jacket anolher so short that he could'nt look over a fence after he had climbed to the top absence of mind — a man thinking he was at home a few evenings since lnid down in the com mon und put his boots outside the gate lo be blacked in the morning another person niter getting home one rainy night put his umbrella in bed and leaned up in the corner himself another gentleman at the supper table dropping a biscuit on his pocket handkerchief wiped his mouth with the biscuit nnd very deliberately yvont about buttering his handkerchief wo 0..00 i a physician who ueing unwell covered up a pill in the bed and swallowed him self another — a j.u.ihuru tie uk visitrti try „ . perance agent just us he was about to take down liis morning hitlers kicked the decanter out of doors und swallowed the agent a sailor's wedding — a tar just returned from sea met one of his female acquaintances he waa so overjoyed that he determined to marry her but al the altar thc parson demurred ns there was not cash enough between them to pay the fees : upon which jack offered a few shillings saying " nev er mind brother marry vs as far as it icillgo i a yankee trick — an enstern pedlar lately de i sired accommodation for the night at a tavern in . i the soiilh part of virginia but from the prejudice t frequently existing against this class our host for i,i long lima refused at last he consented on con s minimi that the pedlar should play him a yunkeo . i trick before he left him the offer was accepted r ' on rising tu the morning jonathan carefully se , [ cured t u coverlet of the bed which among other gl articles he pressed the landlady to purchase the ii low price of ihe coverlet operated at once on he a latler who insisted that her husband should buy it b i adding that it matched her's exactly jonathan ' took his money mounted his cart and had got fair ,- ly under way when our hos called to him thut he i had forgotten his yankuo trick he was to play on .. him <', never mind says jonathan you will find o it oui so ui enough r indian anecdote — a son of the emerald isle i travelling in the cherokee country met a native : r 1 " good morning said the traveller i •' o-see.u replied the indian meaning good s morning a | " v,ii see tne replied the irishman " bc ja il | sus i see you tno " skriir-unake meaning mean white man snid i the indian somewhat ofiended at the rough lan guage of his leli iw traveller . " skin my neck cried the irishman in n hurst ' of passion " ily the height of tlie hill of hoath . i i'll skin your neck first nud he forthwith began " ' to pummel the unfortunate nntivo most unmerci le ; full >'- ! " a'oa-,/'ir moaning quit yelled the iinlinn " yes suid the irishman " i'll knock you till _. i vour heart's contented with the hating i'll give ye * i ._>!' tv i from the " sketches of western adventurers the two johnsons ad early in the fall of 33 two boys by the name ; a of johnson the one twelve and the other nine years ',- of age yvere playing on the banks of shori creek he mar the mouth ofthe muskingum and occasional he ly skipping btones inlo the water at a distance in they saw two men dressed like ordinary settlers on in hats and coats who gradually approached them ny and from lime to time threw stones iu the wuter ne rn initiation of ihe children at length when ot within 100 yards ofthe boy a thoy suddenly threw er oil masks und lushed rapidly upon them took then ito prisoners tbey proved to be indians of the he be i aware tribe taking lhe children into heir urn a .,,,. hey rb n li nil into the woods and tiller „ rapid , ,, march ol i ut six miles tbey encamped i'm lbe | night ilavinjj kindled a lire and lav uie then ri ys th-i and tomab'iwks ngainsl u tree they in down ;,.. ,,, 1 i.nch wnh a bus iii iii arms the children in . in ri lily opposed were too i li rjjitk